Improvement in devices for securing and canceling revenue-stamps



F. C. HAMILTON.

Device for Securing and Canceling Revenue-Stamps.

No, 168,013, Patented Sept. 21,1875

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FRED O. HAMILTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENTIN DEVICES FOR SECURING ANDCANCELING REVENUE-STAMPS.

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 168,013, dated September21, 1875 application filed July 27; 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED O. HAMILTON, of thecity, county, and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Device for enough to fold over oroverlap a part of the face of the stamp, to prevent the figures or othermarks thereon from obliteration. The protector can be lettered andmarked as desired, and fastened to the package by nails or screws, orotherwise. A portion of the stamp maybe separated either by tearing itaway with the protector or by cutting around the portion of the stampwhich is not cemented to the package.

The stamp is to be so made and applied that the separation of a portion,as above described, Will prevent the reuse of the rest. The holder orprotector also contains a duplicate stamp in shape of a coupon,embracing items of importance to the government, enabling the properot'ficer to determine the genuineness of the stamp bycomparison of thecoupon therewith, or with the original coupon in the book of thecollector.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the holder open,with the holder-coupon applied thereto, and ready for the application ofthe seal. Fig. 2 is a plan of the holder closed, showing the exposedportion of the stamp in position on the head of the barrel. Fig. 3 is asection on the line 3, Fig. 2.

A stamp suitable for use with this invention I have described in aseparate application. My present invention is not necessarily limited inits use and application to such peculiar stamp.

In the accompanying drawings, the stamp or seal is shown at S, havingattached coupons (3 of any customary or suitable form. 0 represents asecond coupon, which may or may not be made in one piece with theoriginal stamp, nd separated therefrom at the time of using. The couponO is applied to the inner face of the hinged flap L of the sealholder,'as illustrated in Fig. 1, representing the body of the holder. The bodyK and flap L may be made in one piece of sheet metal, the flap beingconstructed with suitable splines, projections, orlpoints l, which, inpractice, are turned up to a position at right angles with the flapbefore the latter is folded over on the body K. The stamp S beingintroduced be tween the body K-and flap L, the points I are pressedthrough the stamp, and folded and applied against the back of the bodyK, so as to hold the whole securely together. The stamp with the holderattached is then cemented to the barrel, and is further secured byscrews T, which may be barbed or otherwise constructed, so as to preventtheir removal after insertion without destroying them. This, however, isnot essential to the invention. It will now appear that on removing thestamp-holder the portion of the stamp inclosed therein will be torn awayfrom the parts above and below it, which remain cemented to thebarrel-head. The part thus separated contains an essential part of thestamp, which will prevent the reuse of other portions, and the otherportions, which are exposed during transportation of the package, mustcontain sufficient items for the identification of the holder by properofficers. The separate coupon G, which remains within the flap Lot thestamp-holder, constitutes an additional means and source ofidentification. m m represent apertures in the body and flap of thestamp-holder, which apertures come together when the flap is folded overthe body, and permit the passage of the screws T.

The following is claimed as new: 1. The described method of applyingstamps to liquor-barrels or other packages and canceling the same, toinsure the collection of tax, consisting essentially of combining with arevenue-stamp of ordinary construction a strip of metal or othersuitable material of less width applied to the under side of the stamp,permitting the stamp to be applied in the usual manner to the package,and leaving 3. A stamp-protector, constructed substanthe interposedstrip and the portion of the tially as herein described, to hold andconceal stamp beneath which it is placed to be freely a duplicate stampor coupon, substantially as removed in destroying or canceling thestamp, and for the purposes set forth.

substantially as set forth.

2. Astamp-holder, constructed as described, FRED HAMILTON" with aprotecting leaf or cover and lip, adapted Witnesses: to puncture andfold beneath the stamp, sub- WILLIAM A. HARDING, J12,

stantially as and for the purposes set forth. J. W. MANGOURT.

